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    QuadroFX3600m (HP) crashing in some games

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Pumper, Mar 23, 2009.

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    Hi,

    I have HP 8710w laptop with FX3600m in it and the vga keeps crashing (black screen with looping sound or crash to desktop > 4bit colors and 640x res) in some games:

    - GTA4 - after few minutes or doesn't start at all (depending on drivers)

    - Mass Effect - sometimes I can play for 30mins, sometimes couple of mins and then it crashes (with some drivers doesn't start at all)

    - Fallout 3 - played this one with currently installed drivers 182.08 from nVidia (specifically made for quadro cards, got it at laptopvideo2go) everything was fine while I was still in the Voult, but as soon I got out - crash

    - Burnout Paradise - seems to run ok with stock drivers, but with everything else - crash after 1-15min depending on drivers

    - UT3 - runs great with HP's drivers and current drivers, but doesn't even get to menu with everything else.

    Games like Left4Dead, TDU, Dead Space, COD4 and 5 run great on any drivers.

    My question: is it just dirver's problems or it could also be hardware defect? Should I try to install Vista64?

    My specs:
    WinXP SP3 (32bit)
    T9500 @ 2.6GHz 6MB L2 800FSB
    nVidia QuadroFX3600 512MB GDDR3
    2x2GB DDR2 667
    Seagate 200GB 7200

    p.s. I tried about 12 different drivers, both HP's official and modded from laptopvideo2go.

    Thanks for the help
     
    Pumper, Mar 23, 2009
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